Daily Republican., 1887-11-28
THlRE, EDITION.
sA0r BY A DkIvER.

OOttAAJO n0ouDE AAhAGo W ooeA
Graham.
About O'Clock last evening Gottlieb
Koecer was killed ct the Excelsior
Brewery, fifth and DuPont streets, by
George Graham. The facts of the
shooting are rs follows:
Grshsm, about 4 80 o'clock yesterday,
In company with Mr.. Marks, who is q
butcher, aud Koeder, went TO the
brewery. The whole party INDUCED In
drink AMI song. Shortly before .
O'Clock Grsham, who is employed As
diver BY the proprietor of the brewery,
was left IL charge Of II for the night.
Both be and Koeder had been drink.
ing heavily. II seems that these two
were eft IN the brewery alone, ss no
one can be found who knows anything
about what caused the quarrel between
them, IL is supposed, however, that
quarrel ensued and that Graham at
smptei to pat Koeder ous Of the
building. koeder resisted and fight
shen ensned and Graham had his head
badly cat. In the brewery building .
pevolver Is kept in COX. and this re-
aolver WAS quickly seizid by Graham.
Two shots were fired in the building
and two outside. Tae first two shots
missed X osder and he then ran outside
OF the building.
The brewery ss'oon stands on the
southwest corner Of Fifth and Dupont,
while the brewery p .oper stands on the
northeast cornsr OF the same streets.
Opposite the lrewery building ID q
small dwelling houss, occupied by
Robert Fuchs; the brother. .in-law oi
kaoder. Fifth street here is not opened
but q short distance, aud is practically
but drive or delivery wsy 10 the
brewery. While crossing this opeR
space tue last two shots we're fred, and
one Of these took effsc. In the left
breast, directly over the heart. The
wounded man had passei over two
thirds the distance when shot down by
Graham.
HIS sister, Mrs. Fuchs, hesrd the
shots and ran cut Of her house just In
time to catch her dying brother in her
arms. He expired Instantly. The body
was carried into the dwelling aud laid
upon the fi3or. The room, which Is a
scsptily furnished one, was soon
crowded With o motley assembiAge ol
blacks and whites, who stood awed in
the presence OF the dead, while the sis
ter and few other women OF the
neigh borh0Od sat near the corpse with
stoiii indifference. A number of ex
cited Qsrmans bad gathered around
bu. rone could hs found who had III,
least idea Of how the shooting occurred
Some sa.d four shots had been freS
after the men !ef: the brewery; sop,
said two.
One man said he passed the murderer
1Q0 yards from the scene OF the murd O.
with his faoe covered by blood. Nom
knew, however, II there had been anI
provOcat!on on the part OF the woun lee
man,
While the police were epdeavoriHg 4
fnd GRAHAM, waom they supposed t,
be still lurking in the vicinity, eeverE
shots wele heard in the rear OF tht
bui ding The police 81 once Tau II
that dir, ION apd arrested three Ital
isns, ADtouio Saperlto and his cousin
also named Altonio SapeIito, and An
tonic CAbC tzolo.
They were drunk aud were arinR OF
their pistols, they said, because IL wa
holiday 10 their country resemblin
oar Fourth OF July. AL three Of then
were drunk THIS led TO all kinds @
reports, but tbs Ital.Ans were hurrie,
TO police station Sithoul trc7bie.
the meantime the Coroner arrived an
took charge OF KGedes's body. 1t wa
first taken 10 the morgue, but aiIe,
wards 10 lis las homs Gr.aam In th
meantime rad escaped. Orders wel
at once given 10 tue police 20 guar
every means CT eREess fIom the city
Otcsrs were accordingly stationed =
81 tie railroad stations.
In tLoyt tlme Clara Steele, an In
mate OF ths house Of ill.fa;ne. no 70
West Fif h kl-est, came TO the polio
stAtlcn End stated that Graham ha
come TO that place Immediately efte
the shooting sud had told them he hn
been In o t-l Of tight, and had shot
man. He threw hia pistol on tue tabl
and asked to have hts wounds dressed
Ills face was dressed and bound uI
and !mnedia.e.y y Oh his leaving ehe b q
brought the pis:ol 10 the police sta 10
and Iold the stCry.
TIE pistol was five thot, 80 calltrt
with four chambers empty. As eco
as he left here Graham N ade his way I
the house OF Il. fame of Sarah Griffith
No. 40 Orange street. The Gr.fn
women by eome means secured = bach
though II has been impossib e as Set
hnd out from whom or by what N can
In this hack the murderer and Il
woman made their way TO BrandywiL
station, at the foot of Sixteenth ttree
Here an omcer had been stationed
LOOK out for Graham. AS soon bs th
driver saw tle Cftcer he turned h,
horses and as :aplc y as possible mad
for E1Remoor.
TIE officer, o. course, was unable
follow this hack, A, EiEemoor th
train ylica leaves this city at !
o'clock wae boarded ard the man au
woman u sde their Ssy safely to Ii
-sokiu Bnt their success In avo,dip
sEress "a lhoEt.!iyed. lnmsdis.e!
their 2: Iva! IN LamoEin tecir a
l!ons aroused the susp!cicEs Of t,
STAT. onmaster lie fearel to are
them, bat % RI" Gus If hts SUSPICION
were well iDlnded followed the
toward Chester Becoming convince
that they V sre, he turned tho matt
over to Of3cer Welch CT that tow
Officer Welch followed them for 10
n cCtes and beCoIai0g COZ viz csd tn
they wera oens on no good, arrest,
them on genera principles and lCds
them in the Chester jail.
W ord bad been te.e2raphed in G
meantime to other cities, and one
these was soCn answered by tie W
come news from Chester that q M
answering the description OF Graha
had been Errt sled aud was now in i
at that place Chief Dougherty on
ceipt OF this news went At once to Ch
tea and fund that the man was real
Graham. AZ there IL a fine Of SlOO
allowing man 10 70 cut OF the 5t
of PenDsylvahi without a IeQ1isiti
from the Governor, It is probable Il
1t will be acme time before Graham c
be brought 30 this b ate, ss the nee
sary paper will have to be procur
from the Governors of PeoDsylVAL
and Delaware.
Chief D1ugherty returned hom e ca